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Nurse-Driven Antibiotic Stewardship SLIDES

[…] 3 Centers for Disease Control. (2013). Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States. Retrieved from Atlanta, Georgia WHO: What is antimicrobial resistance (AMR)? https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHOlPmSJn_8&list=PL9S6xGsoqIBXp4h GamlB-CnpxzyWmW -mr 4 Global and National Public Health Priority • International & National Focus on Antimicrobial Resistance •71st United Nations General Assembly • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services • Joint Commission 5 Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) •ASPs -coordinated evidence-based efforts...

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Malnutrition and Healthcare Infection Teleclass Slides, Feb.13.20

[…] Stratton RJ, Elia M. Deprivation linked to malnutrition risk and mortality in hospital. Br J Nutr, 2006. 96 (5):870-6. Sorensen J, Kondrup J, Prokopowicz J, Schiesser M, Krähenbühl L, Meier, R, et al., EuroOOPS: an international, multicentre study to implement nutritional risk screening and evaluate clinical outcome. Clin Nutr 2008. 27 (3): 340-9. 14 Malnutrition associated with: H ealthcare -associated infection (HAI) Factors that increase HAI...

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07 Communicable Diseases_2

[…] a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines a pandemic as "an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people". The classical definition includes nothing about population immunity, virology or disease severity. Pathoge ns with pandemic potential vary widely in the...

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COVID-19 Vaccine mechanisms and efficacy

[…] escape, 2) Predicting evolutionary trajectories and testing features of possible future VOCs, and 3) Communicating new information in real -time (knowledge mobilization) to Canadian public health officials and decision -makers, as well to the broader international scientific community. Overarching Goal: Bring together all* Canadian Researchers for the common goal of understanding and stopping the SARS -CoV -2 pandemic AND anticipating what is to come *Academic &...

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2022-11-09 Slides_Strength of Evidence Teleclass Slides

[…] studies means "strong" recommendations cannot be made28 Limitations•Limited to past decade•Inability to review data underpinning the recommendations•Levels of strength not validatedStrength –inclusion of most commonly used and cited guidelines29 Conclusion•Vast numbers of guidelines national and international bodies•Duplication, confusion and practice variation•Opportunity for multinational collaboration•Establish Research priorities30 31Murad, M. Het al (2016).BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 21(4), 125-127 32PodcastACIPC Conference 2023Adelaide 12-15 NovemberACIPC Conference 2022 Thank you33@PLR_ausphilip.russo@monash.edu virox.comdiversey.comgamahealthcare.comThanks to...

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2023-03-09 Slides_Impact of Antimicrobials on Resistome

[…] agents through, •sewage and waste water treatment plants, •chemical production factories, •spreading manure on farmland. Resistome & mobilome from limestonedrugsmetalbiocideMulti res Movement of ARG in One Health Urban sewage metagenome surveillanceLi W et al. Environment International 163 (2022), 107185 Resistome modified by antimicrobials•Antibiotics are essential in treating infections, they may destroy the protective resident microbiota (environment). •S Majumder : Alteration of the composition and function of...

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2024-01-11 Slides_Discourse in Infection Prevention

[…] all NHS Trusts in England•Over 1,000,000 words. Deontic Logic•Deontic logic is the investigation of normative concepts, especially:•Obligation•Permission•Prohibition. Zero Tolerance•First introduced to the NHS as a method of addressing workplace violence•Its application to IPC became an international movement around 2010•Examples:•"This Zero Tolerance Hand Hygiene Policy"•"has a zero tolerance approach to HCAIs" Modality•Modalityis concerned with a speaker’s or writer’s attitude towards the world. An individual can express certainty,...

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2024-06-20 Slides_Climate Change

[…] bat species in 69 countries worldwide•Liu Z, Liu Q, Wang H, Yao X. Severe zoonotic viruses carried by different species of bats and their regional distribution. Clin MicrobiolInfect. 2023. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3780503253 IT’S JUST ALL SUCH BAD NEWS..•MoznyM, et al. Climate-induced decline in the quality and quantity of European hops calls for immediate adaptation measures. Nat Commun. 2023;14:6028.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3781670754 CONCLUDING•We a t h e r, c l i m...

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Job posting with Northern Health

Northern Health has a new vacancy for a Regional Manager, Communicable Disease – Prince George (Full Time). The Regional Manager, Communicable Disease Programs is accountable for the leadership, development, planning, and strategic implementation and evaluation related to the promotion, prevention and control of Communicable Diseases and Immunization programs for NH. This role is also responsible for overseeing the application, effective utilization and ongoing enhancements of the information system that supports...

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Contact Precautions Debate SLIDES

[…] are effecDve alone !  Data strongest for MRSA (also VRE, Acinetobacter) !  Side-effects greatly overblown !  Longer, less frequent HCW visits could be beneficial QUESTIONS? @eliowa eli-perencevich@uiowa.edu stopinfecDons.org September 2 8 (Free Teleclass – Broadcast live from the annual conference of the Infection Prevention Society – www.ips.uk.net) USING SCIENCE TO GUIDE HAND HYGIENE SURVEILLANCE AND IMPROVEMENT Prof. Eli Perencevich, University of Iowa September 29 ADHERENCE ENGINEERING...

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Patient Safety Climate and Standard Precautions SLIDES

[…] W. High reliability and implications for nursing leaders. Journal of nursing management. Mar 2009;17(2):238-246. Saia, M., et al., Needlestick Injuries: Incidence and Cost in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain Biomedicine International, 2010. 1: p. 41-49 S, Sax H, Gastmeier P. The preventable proportion of nosocomial infections: an overview of published reports. The Journal of hospital infection. Aug 2003;54(4):258-266; quiz 321. Siegel...

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Bandage that signals infection

[…] professor of biophysical chemistry at the University of Bath, the inventors of the new bandage, which has not yet been tested in humans, say it could be used to alert health-care professionals to an infection early enough to prevent the patient from getting sick. In some cases it may even be able help avoid the need for antibiotics, says Jenkins. Read the full article and watch the <mark...

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Rare BC clay kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria

[…] from sources including Vancouver General Hospital, St. Paul’s Hospital, and the University of B.C.’s waste water treatment plant. As a result of those tests, the scientists recommend the clay be studied as a clinical treatment for serious infections caused by ESKAPE strains of bacteria, a group of potentially deadly pathogens that cause many infections to “escape” antibiotics. Read the full article and view the video on...

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New hire at VGH: C. difficile-hunting dog

[…] “We’re using his talents to look for reservoirs of C. diff. in places like unoccupied rooms, bathrooms and hallways. We want Angus to make a quick sweep of the areas and then when he detects something, we can do more cleaning,” she said, noting the hospital has ultraviolet machines used to decontaminate surfaces. Read the full article and watch the video interview with Dr. Bryce on...

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Keeping warm DOES help you fight off colds!

[…] to the immune system, said study senior author and Yale professor of immunobiology Akiko Iwasaki. To investigate the relationship between temperature and immune response, Iwasaki and an interdisciplinary team of Yale researchers spearheaded by Ellen Foxman, a postdoctoral fellow in Iwasaki’s lab, examined the cells taken from the airways of mice. They compared the immune response to rhinovirus when cells were incubated at 37 degrees Celsius, or...

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